Means for securing card-clothing.



110.718, 169. PA-TEfiiTE-D JAN; 13,1903'.

, E. JONES & 1). WHITE. MEANS FOR SECURING CARD CLOTHING.

APPLICATION FILED APR. 18, 1902.

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'No. 718,469. PATE NTEDJAN 1s E. JONES & D. WHITE i. MEANS FOR SEGURINGQARD CLOTHING.

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ERNEST JONES AND DAVID WHITE, OF CLEOKI-IEATON, ENGLAND.

MEANS FOR SECURING CARD-CLOTHING.

SEECIFIGATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 718,469, dated January 13, 1903.

Application filed April 18, 1902.

To obi/Z whom it may concern.-

Be it known that we, ERNEST JONES, cardnailer, residing at 6 Prospect road, Oleckheaton, and DAVID WHITE, bookkeeper, residing at Grange Cottage, Oleckheaton,in the county of York, England, subjects of the King of Great Britain and Ireland, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Means for Securing Gard-Clothing, which the follow ing is a specification.

The objects of the invention are by improved means and appliances to obviate the drilling of holes and the use of wooden pegs and the necessity of driving nails or tacks into the foundation and among the dents or teeth and to preserve the entire card or wire covered surface of the cylinder intact and complete.

The above objects we effect by forming a slight narrow groove across or spirally around the drum or cylinder at two, three, or more points of its circumference, and within each groove rests the back of a metal comb, the pins or teeth of which project above the circumference of the drum or cylinder, so that when the card foundation-fillet is wound spirally and tightly on the drum the pins of the comb pierce and enter the back of the foundation of the clothing, which is thereby securely held, and the wrappings of the foundation-fillets effectually bind and secure the metal combs in their respective grooves, there being at or near the outer edges of the drum or cylinder a circumferential groove and comb, which serve to prevent any tendency to endwise or lateral movement of the clothing on the drum or cylinder.

Referring to the drawings, which form a part of this specification, Figure 1 is a front elevation of part of a metal drum or roller, showing a strip or fillet of card-clothing being applied to and secured thereon in accordance with the invention. Fig. 2 is an end sectional view of a device for securing the end of the fillet to thecylinder or drum, also showing one groove, comb, and pin in position. Fig. 3 is an end sectional view of part of a drum or roller and holding-comb, drawn to an enlarged scale. Fig. 4 illustrates a short length of the comb. Fig. 5 is a front elevation of a drum or roller in which the combs are in scroll or spiral lines. Fig. 6 is Serial No. 103,593. We model.)

an end sectional view of a roller or drum,

showing a fillet or strip of card-clothing being applied to same. Fig. 7 shows a short piece of the circumferential holding-comb crossing the longitudinal or spiral holding-comb.

According to this invention a series of grooves 1 1 1 are cut in the drum or cylinder 2, and in such grooves are received the metal combs 3 3 3, the pins or teeth 4 4 4 of which protrude from the circumference of the cylinder to extent of about the thickness of the card foundation fabric 5. At or near the ends of the cylinders is a groove 6 and metal comb 7, extending around the circumference and parallel with the ends of the cylinder or'drum 2, which are provided with flanges 8 8 as ordinarily made.

The fillet 5 is applied to the cylinder or drum 2 in the ordinary manner, the modus operandi being to first cut a portion of the fillet 5 on an incline or tapered, (see Fig. 1,) and when the fillet 5 has been once wound. around the cylinder or drum 2 a shoulder 9 is cut in the fillet 5, the said shoulder 9 abutting against the tapered end 10. The fillet is again tapered from the shoulder 9 onward and the winding process is continued, the fillet lying close up to the flange 8.

In order to fix the tapered end 10 of the fillet 5 to the cylinder or drum 2, we employ a small metal clip 11, (see Figs. 1 and 2,)

made from mild steel and having a serrated edge 12 on the top and teeth or prongs 13 on the bottom, and these engage with and grip the foundation of the fillet 5. The metal clip 11 is laid just behind one of the oombs 3 and also over the comb 7, so that the pins 44: therein engage the fillet 5 just in front of the clip .11. When the fillet 5 has been wound once around the cylinder or drum, the shoulder 9 of the fillet 5 is received in the opposite jaw of the metal clip 11 The metal clip 11 may be further secured to the cylinder or drum 2 by means of small rivets or nails and wooden plugs, if desired; but this is not absolutely necessary.

In order that one comb 3 can cross another, as indicated by the drawings, the lower comb 3 is made slightly thicker and has a notch 14: cut in it for the tipper-comb 7.

The grooves for reception of the metal combs are just wide and deep enough to retoo ceive the back of the combs, which may be made in one long strip or length or in two or more lengths for use on wide cylinders, and the said combs may be made fast in their grooves before applying the card-filleting by pressing, rolling, ordrifting upon the upper edges of the combs, or they may be loosely placed therein.

Having now described our invention, What we claim as new, and desire to secure byLetters Patent, is-

1. In combination with a cylinder having a groove, a comb situated in said groove and having teeth, and card-clothing wound on the cylinder and engaged by said teeth whereby the card-clothing is held on the cylinder, substantially as described.

2. In combination with card clothing, a grooved carrier for carrying the same and ERNEST JONES. DAVID WVI-IITE.

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J. B. HOWARD, GnRvAsE APPL'EYARD. 

